What would love do? 

Last week I attended an event with many great inspiring speakers. The talks were about what's going on in the world and where it's all leading. I enjoyed it immensely. It was great to see so many people exploring the same issues while giving themselves and others the freedom to think differently.

It was fascinating to see how the speakers on stage treated each other with respect during a discussion and for once not try to put someone else down with a clever rhetorical trick or a sarcastic comeback, even though they were all clever enough to do so.  If only we could do that more often! Not only on stage, in politics, on television, but also at the dining table, in the bar and in the workplace; in everyday life.

What if we approached a discussion differently? Whatever the subject. What if instead of trying to convince someone else that we were right, we were open to a different perspective – a different point of view? Imagine if our discussions were no longer about being right, but about understanding the subject better and gaining insight. Imagine if the ego was no longer leading the discussion, but it was led by the inquisitiveness and openness of our souls. A very different approach and outcome would emerge. We would listen to each other and be willing to open our minds. We would be willing to be wrong.

I have a piece of the puzzle, you have a piece. And you. And you. Let's put them all together so that we can complete the puzzle and see the bigger picture. Like the blind who each felt a part of the elephant. The tail, the trunk, a leg… they are all right, but only see and feel a small part of the whole reality. Instead of fighting and killing each other because we need to convince someone else (or maybe ourselves?) that we have the only right perspective, we could put the puzzle pieces together. That is not easy, because what fits where? But if we don't start opening up to this new way of being, we'll never be able to see the whole.

Why don't we?

We too often let our wounds determine our reactions. For example, I often find it difficult to deal with what I usually interpret as spiritual ego. When I bring up a topic and someone responds in a way that comes across like, “Ohhh, are you still working on that? I have outgrown and moved way beyond that! Don't worry, you'll get there."

Aaaaarrggghhhh!!

Then I am inclined to immediately cut everything off, give a sneer or point out why that person is completely wrong. I will react from my wound of not being taken seriously. Incidentally, many people born open to a deeper wisdom struggle with this and probably the answer of the person of this example comes from the same wound.

My reaction is to close myself off from the true content of the answer. This person probably also has some valuable insight to offer. Or maybe not. I'll never find out if I'm left with a closed energy and a shut-down heart.

Yes, we can see the road to the New World in front of us. But that's just the beginning. Now we have to walk this one. Step-by-step. And that means… yes… going back inside… again… and again.

Until we are at the point where we recognize these patterns in ourselves and are no longer controlled by them.

My Pleiadian Lightwork teacher always said: “My reaction will not rule my action.”

She is a wise woman. I still apply it. The emotional response may be there. I feel the emotion, let it flow through my body. I thank it for the wisdom and then let it go. 

What if you can't manage to let it go? Then I return to the wise question: what would love do? And I am guided by love.

Love,

Inge